Beckhoff Automation TwinCAT 3 and TwinCAT Chat at APPEX

Beckhoff Automation Australia will showcase TwinCAT 3 and TwinCAT Chat at APPEX 2024, taking place in Melbourne from 12–15 March 2024.

TwinCAT Chat AI-supported engineering software was developed to integrate large language models (LLMs) into control engineering. This can help to simplify and speed up the development process, as communication and code exchange are seamlessly integrated. Furthermore, the basic initialisation of the LLMs has been tailored specifically to TwinCAT requests.

LLMs can provide benefits to both automation engineers and enterprise management. For example, customers with LLMs can create personal tutorials and ask for solutions to specific problems that arise allowing them to operate and troubleshoot independently. LLMs can also promote knowledge transfer within an organisation by acting as a central knowledge base.

For efficient interaction with TwinCAT Chat, simple one-click pre-tested requests can be used that are specifically designed to improve the user’s workflow. Other current development work includes automated creation of TwinCAT HMI controls and a chatbot interface to the extensive Beckhoff documentation system.